Some Simple ways to Earn

Allah’s Love
Some Simple ways to Earn Allah’s Love

The Things Allah Loves

‫ﺑﺴﻢ اﻟﻠﻪ اﻟﺮﺣﻤﻦ اﻟﺮﺣﻴﻢ‬

Love is an affirmed attribute of Allah the same way hate is,

and these two attributes of Allah don’t resemble our love
and hatred. Ibn Al-Qayyim mentioned that complete love is
included in the worship of Allah and obedience to Him.
Since Allah mentioned He loves certain acts of worship, then
we should strive to attain His Love ;which will eventually
lead us to remain under His Mercy, Protection, and
Forgiveness, all which open our gate for entrance to Jannah.

In this article I’ve mentioned verses from the Quran and

Hadith that highlight the belief, deeds and speech we must
do in order to attain Al-Wadud’s Love. The Quranic verses
were collected by Imam Al-Bulqeeni and I collected the
hadith and then relied on the verification of Imam Al-
Albani.

Shaykhul Islam Umar ibn Rslan Al-Bulqeeni[805H] mentioned

there are 16 acts to do to attain Allah’s love. 8 of them
are clearly stated in the Quran and the other half is
understood by their opposite since Allah mentioned the
things He didn’t love.[1]
Allah loves the repentant

Allah said:

َ ‫إِنَّ اﻟﻠَّﻪَ ﻳُﺤ ِﺐ ُّ اﻟﺘَّﻮَّاﺑِﻴﻦ‬

Verily Allah loves the repentant [Al-Baqarah 222]

Allah loves those who cleanse themselves. i.e [ Wudu, Ghusl,

Tayammu, using Siwak, etc]

Allah said:

َ ‫وَاﻟﻠَّﻪُ ﻳُﺤ ِﺐ ُّ اﻟْﻤُﻄ َّﻬ ِّﺮ ِﻳﻦ‬

Verily Allah loves those who cleanse themselves. [At-Tawbah

:108]

Allah loves those who are patient

Allah said:

َ ‫وَاﻟﻠَّﻪُ ﻳُﺤ ِﺐ ُّ اﻟﺼ َّﺎﺑِﺮ ِﻳﻦ‬

Allah loves the patient [ Al-Imran :146]

Allah loves the God-fearing pious servant

Allah said:

َ ‫ﻓ َﺈِ نَّ اﻟﻠَّﻪَ ﻳُﺤ ِﺐ ُّ اﻟْﻤُﺘَّﻘِﻴﻦ‬

Verily, Allah loves the God-fearing.[Al-Imran: 76]

Allah loves those who do all good kinds of deeds.

Allah said:

َ ‫إِنَّ اﻟﻠَّﻪَ ﻳُﺤ ِﺐ ُّ اﻟْﻤُﺤ ْﺴ ِﻨِﻴﻦ‬

Allah loves those who do good deeds. [Al-Imran:134]

Allah loves those who rely on Him for their needs

Allah said:

َ ‫إِنَّ اﻟﻠَّﻪَ ﻳُﺤ ِﺐ ُّ اﻟْﻤُﺘَﻮَﻛ ّ ِﻠِﻴﻦ‬

Verily Allah loves those who rely on Him [Al-Imran:159]

Allah loves those who are just

Allah said:

َ ‫إِنَّ اﻟﻠَّﻪَ ﻳُﺤ ِﺐ ُّ اﻟْﻤُﻘْﺴ ِﻄ ِﻴﻦ‬

Verily Allah loves those who are just [Al-Hujjarat:9}

Allah loves those who follow the Prophet

Allah said:

‫ﻗ ُــﻞ ْ إِن ﻛ ُﻨﺘُــﻢْ ﺗُﺤ ِﺒُّــﻮنَ اﻟﻠَّــﻪَ ﻓ َــﺎﺗَّﺒِﻌُﻮﻧِﻲ‬

ُ‫ﻳُﺤ ْﺒِﺒْﻜ ُﻢُ اﻟﻠَّﻪ‬

Say if you truly love Allah then follow me and He will love
you.[Al-Imran:31]

In these following verses the opposite of what Allah doesn’t

love can be understood.

Allah loves those who judge fairly.

Allah said:

َ ‫وَاﻟﻠَّﻪُ ﻻ َ ﻳُﺤ ِﺐ ُّ اﻟﻈ َّﺎﻟِﻤِﻴﻦ‬

Allah doesn’t loves those who are oppressive.[ Al-Imran:140]

Allah loves those who carry out their trusts.

Allah said:

َ ‫إِنَّ اﻟﻠَّﻪَ ﻻ َ ﻳُﺤ ِﺐ ُّ اﻟﺨ َﺎﺋ ِﻨِﻴﻦ‬

Allah doesn’t love those who are deceptive [Al-Anfal:58]

Allah loves those who are humble

Allah said:

َ ‫إِﻧَّﻪُ ﻻ َ ﻳُﺤ ِﺐ ُّ اﻟْﻤُﺴ ْﺘَﻜ ْﺒِﺮ ِﻳﻦ‬

Allah doesn’t love those who behave arrogantly [Al-Nahl:23]

Allah loves those who give others their rights

Allah said:

َ ‫إِنَّ اﻟﻠَّﻪَ ﻻ َ ﻳُﺤ ِﺐ ُّ اﻟْﻤُﻌْﺘَﺪِﻳﻦ‬

Allah doesn’t loves those who are transgress against

others.[Al-Baqarah:190]

Allah loves those who spread justice on the Earth. i.e call
to fairness, call to unity under Tawheed.

Allah said:
َ ‫وَاﻟﻠَّﻪُ ﻻ َ ﻳُﺤ ِﺐ ُّ اﻟْﻤُﻔْﺴ ِﺪِﻳﻦ‬

Allah doesn’t love those who spread corruption [ Al-

Ma’idah:64]

Allah loves those who avoid acting extravagant

Allah said:

َ ‫إِﻧَّﻪُ ﻻ َ ﻳُﺤ ِﺐ ُّ اﻟْﻤُﺴ ْﺮ ِﻓ ِﻴﻦ‬

Allah doesn’t love those who are extravagant[Al-Anam:141]

Allah loves those who worship Allah sincerely.

Allah said:

َ ‫ﻓ َﺈِ نَّ اﻟﻠَّﻪَ ﻻ َ ﻳُﺤ ِﺐ ُّ اﻟْﻜ َﺎﻓ ِﺮ ِﻳﻦ‬

Allah doesn’t love those who disbelieve in Him [ Al-

Imran:32]

Allah loves those who avoid the dunya

Allah said:

َ ‫إِنَّ اﻟﻠَّﻪَ ﻻ ﻳُﺤ ِﺐ ُّ اﻟْﻔَﺮ ِﺣ ِﻴﻦ‬

Verily! Allah likes not those who are glad.[Al-Qasas:76]

Along with Allah’s Speech defining the acts He loves the

Prophet [(‫ ])ﷺ‬mentioned some acts Allah loves.

The most beloved religion to Allah

‫ ﻗ ِﻴﻞ َ ﻟِﺮ َﺳُﻮل ِ اﻟﻠﻪِ ﺻ َﻠَّﻰ‬: َ‫ﻋ َﻦ ِ اﺑ ْﻦ ِ ﻋ َﺒَّﺎسٍ ﻗ َﺎل‬

َ َ
‫ أ يُّ اﻷ َدْﻳَﺎنِ أ ﺣ َﺐ ُّ إِﻟَﻰ‬: َ‫اﻟﻠَّﻪُ ﻋ َﻠَﻴ ْﻪِ وَﺳَﻠَّﻢ‬
 ُ‫ اﻟْﺤ َﻨِﻴﻔِﻴَّﺔُ اﻟﺴ َّﻤْﺤ َﺔ‬: َ‫اﻟﻠﻪِ ؟ ﻗ َﺎل‬.

Ibn Abbas reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and

blessings be upon him, was asked, “Which religion is the
most beloved to Allah?” The Prophet said, “Simple belief in
one God.”[2]

The most beloved names to Allah

ِ‫ ﻋ َﻦ ِ اﻟﻨَّﺒِﻲ ِّ ﺻ َﻠَّﻰ اﻟﻠﻪ ﻋ َﻠﻴ ْﻪ‬، َ ‫ﻋ َﻦ ِ اﺑ ْﻦ ِ ﻋ ُﻤَﺮ‬

َّ ‫ أَﺣ َﺐ ُّ اﻷ َﺳْﻤَﺎءِ إِﻟَﻰ اﻟﻠﻪِ ﻋ َﺰ‬: َ‫وﺳَﻠَّﻢَ ﻗ َﺎل‬
ِ ‫ وَﻋ َﺒْﺪ ُ اﻟﺮ َّﺣ ْﻤَﻦ‬، ِ‫ ﻋ َﺒْﺪ ُ اﻟﻠﻪ‬: َّ ‫وَﺟ َﻞ‬.

The most beloved names to Allah are Abdullah and Abdur

Rahman[3]

Regularly practiced acts of worship

َ
ْ‫وَإِنَّ أ ﺣ َﺐ َّ اﻷ َﻋ ْﻤَﺎل ِ إِﻟَﻰ اﻟﻠﻪِ ﻣَﺎ دَامَ وَإِن‬
َّ ‫ﻗ َﻞ‬.

The most beloved deeds to Allah are those regularly

practiced even if they are few. [4]

Prayer when it first comes in, then maintaining ties of

kinship, struggling in Allah’s path.

ً ‫ أَنَّ ر َﺟ ُﻼ‬، ُ‫ ر َﺿ ِﻲ َ اﻟﻠَّﻪُ ﻋ َﻨْﻪ‬، ٍ ‫ﻋ َﻦ ِ اﺑ ْﻦ ِ ﻣَﺴ ْﻌُﻮد‬

َ َ َ
ِ ‫ﺳَﺄ لَ اﻟﻨَّﺒِﻲ َّ ﺻﻠﻰ اﻟﻠﻪ ﻋﻠﻴﻪ وﺳﻠﻢ أ يُّ اﻷ ﻋ ْﻤَﺎل‬
ْ َ َ
ِ ‫أ ﻓ ْﻀ َﻞ ُ ﻗ َﺎل اﻟﺼ َّﻼ َةُ ﻟِﻮَﻗ ْﺘِﻬ َﺎ وَﺑِﺮ ُّ اﻟ ﻮَاﻟِﺪ َﻳْﻦ‬
‫ﺛُﻢَّ اﻟْﺠ ِﻬ َﺎدُ ﻓ ِﻲ ﺳَﺒِﻴﻞ ِ اﻟﻠﻪ‬.

Ibn Mas’ud said a man asked the prophet about the most
beloved actions to Allah? He replied by saying: “Offering
prayer when it first comes in, then maintaining ties of
kinship, followed by struggling for Allah’s Cause.[5]

Remembering Allah while you are dying.

 َ‫ﻋ َﻦ ْ ﻣُﻌَﺎذ ِ ﺑ ْﻦ ﺟ َﺒَﻞ ٍ ر َﺿ ِﻲ اﻟﻠَّﻪُ ﻋ َﻨْﻪُ ﻗ َﺎل‬
َ ِ
َ َ َ
ِ ‫ﺳَﺄ ﻟْﺖُ ر َﺳُﻮلَ اﻟﻠﻪِ ﺻﻠﻰ اﻟﻠﻪ ﻋﻠﻴﻪ وﺳﻠﻢ أ يُّ اﻷ ﻋ ﻤَﺎل‬
ْ
َ َ
َ‫أ ﺣ َﺐ ُّ إِﻟَﻰ اﻟﻠﻪِ ﻋ َﺰ َّ وَﺟ َﻞ َّ ﻗ َﺎلَ أ نْ ﺗَﻤُﻮت‬
َّ ‫وَﻟِﺴ َﺎﻧُﻚ َ ر َﻃ ْﺐ ٌ ﻣِﻦ ْ ذ ِﻛ ْﺮ ِ اﻟﻠﻪِ ﻋ َﺰ َّ وَﺟ َﻞ‬

Mu’adh ibn Jabal asked the Prophet about the most beloved
deeds to Allah and he replied to die while your tongue is
moist with Allah’s remembrance.[6]

Visiting the Masjid for worship, prayer and classes

َ َ
‫ﻋ َﻦ ْ أ ﺑِﻰ ﻫُﺮ َﻳْﺮ َةَ أ نَّ ر َﺳُﻮلَ اﻟﻠَّﻪِ –ﺻﻠﻰ اﻟﻠﻪ ﻋﻠﻴﻪ‬
َ
‫ ﻗ َﺎلَ » أ ﺣ َﺐ ُّ اﻟْﺒِﻼ َد ِ إِﻟَﻰ اﻟﻠَّﻪِ ﻣَﺴ َﺎﺟ ِﺪ ُﻫَﺎ‬-‫وﺳﻠﻢ‬

Abu Hurayrah [radi Allahu anhu] narrated the Prophet [(‫])ﷺ‬

said the most beloved places on Earth are its masjids.[7]

Faith in Allah and in His Messenger.

َ ‫ ﺳُﺌِﻞ‬: َ‫ﻋ َﻦ ْ أَﺑِﻰ ﻫُﺮ َﻳْﺮ َةَ ر َﺿ ِﻰ َ اﻟﻠَّﻪُ ﻋ َﻨْﻪُ ﻗ َﺎل‬

َ َ
ِ ‫ أ ىُّ اﻷ ﻋ ْﻤَﺎل‬-‫ر َﺳُﻮلُ اﻟﻠَّﻪِ –ﺻﻠﻰ اﻟﻠﻪ ﻋﻠﻴﻪ وﺳﻠﻢ‬
َ
ِ‫» إِﻳﻤَﺎنٌ ﺑِﺎﻟﻠَّﻪِ وَر َﺳُﻮﻟِﻪ‬: َ‫» أ ﻓ ْﻀ َﻞ ُ؟ ﻗ َﺎل‬

Abu Hurayrah narrated the prophet was asked about the most
beloved actions to Allah and he said : To have faith in
Allah in His messenger. [8]

The man who takes care of his dependents

‫أﺣﺐ اﻟﻌﺒﺎد إﻟﻰ اﻟﻠﻪ ﺗﻌﺎﻟﻰ أﻧﻔﻌﻬﻢ ﻟﻌﻴﺎﻟﻪ‬

The Most beloved servant to Allah is the one who takes care
of his dependents the best.[9]

Food which is shared

ِ‫ ﻗ َﺎلَ ر َﺳُﻮلُ اﻟﻠﻪ‬: َ‫ ﻗ َﺎل‬:ِ‫ﻗ َﺎلَ ﺟ َﺎﺑِﺮ ُ ﺑ ْﻦ ُ ﻋ َﺒْﺪِ اﻟﻠﻪ‬

َ
ِ‫ ” أ ﺣ َﺐ ُّ اﻟﻄ َّﻌَﺎم‬:َ‫ﺻ َﻠَّﻰ اﻟﻠَّﻪُ ﻋ َﻠَﻴ ْﻪِ وَﺳَﻠَّﻢ‬
‫إِﻟَﻰ اﻟﻠﻪِ ﻋ َﺰ َّ وَﺟ َﻞ َّ ﻣَﺎ ﻛ َﺜُﺮ َتْ ﻋ َﻠَﻴ ْﻪِ اﻷْ َﻳْﺪِي‬
“The most beloved meal to Allah is that in which many hands
partake from the plate”.[10]

Good Character
َ
، ‫ ﻓ َﻤَﻦ ْ أ ﺣ َﺐ ُّ ﻋ ِﺒَﺎد ِ اﻟﻠَّﻪِ إِﻟَﻰ اﻟﻠَّﻪِ ؟‬: ‫ﻗ َﺎﻟُﻮا‬
َ
‫ أ ﺣ ْﺴ َﻨُﻬ ُﻢْ ﺧ ُﻠُﻘًﺎ‬: َ‫ ﻗ َﺎل‬.

The Prophet ‫ ﷺ‬said: “The most beloved servant to Allah is he

who has the best character and manners”.[11]

The words Allah choose for the Angels and His servants.
َ
: ُ‫ ﻗ ُﻠْﺖ‬: َ‫ ﻗ َﺎل‬، ُ‫ﻋ َﻦ ْ أ ﺑِﻲ ذ َر ٍّ ر َﺿ ِﻲ َ اﻟﻠَّﻪُ ﻋ َﻨْﻪ‬
ُ
‫ﻳَﺎ ر َﺳُﻮلَ اﻟﻠﻪِ ﺻ َﻠَّﻰ اﻟﻠَّﻪُ ﻋ َﻠَﻴ ْﻪِ وَﺳَﻠَّﻢَ ﺑِﺄ ﻣِّﻲ‬
َ َ َ
‫ ﻣَﺎ‬: َ‫وَأ ﺑِﻲ أ يُّ اﻟْﻜ َﻼ َمِ أ ﺣ َﺐ ُّ إِﻟَﻰ اﻟﻠﻪِ ؟ ﻗ َﺎل‬
‫ ﺳُﺒْﺤ َﺎنَ ر َﺑ ِّﻲ‬: ِ‫اﺻ ْﻄ َﻔَﺎه ُ اﻟﻠَّﻪُ ﻟِﻤَﻼ َﺋ ِﻜ َﺘِﻪ‬
ِ‫ ﺳُﺒْﺤ َﺎنَ ر َﺑ ِّﻲ وَﺑِﺤ َﻤْﺪِه‬، ِ‫وَﺑِﺤ َﻤْﺪِه‬

O Messenger of Allah (‫ !)ﷺ‬Which speech is most beloved to

Allah [the Mighty and Sublime]?” So he said: “That which
Allah selected for His angels (to say): ‘Glory to my Lord,
and with His praise. Glory to my Lord, and with His praise
(Subḥāna rabbī wa biḥamdihi, subḥāna rabbī wa
biḥamdihi).’”[12]

Walking to close the ranks in Salah

‫إِنَّ اﻟﻠَّﻪَ وَﻣَﻼ َﺋ ِﻜ َﺘَﻪُ ﻳُﺼ َﻠُّﻮنَ ﻋ َﻠَﻰ‬ َ‫وَﻗ َﺎل‬

ُ
ٍ‫اﻟَّﺬِﻳﻦ َ ﻳَﻠُﻮنَ اﻟﺼ ُّﻔُﻮفَ اﻷ وَلَ وَﻣَﺎ ﻣِﻦ ْ ﺧ َﻄ ْﻮَة‬
َ
‫أ ﺣ َﺐ َّ إِﻟَﻰ اﻟﻠَّﻪِ ﻣِﻦ ْ ﺧ َﻄ ْﻮَةٍ ﻳَﻤْﺸ ِﻴﻬ َﺎ ﻳَﺼ ِﻞ ُ ﺑِﻬ َﺎ‬
‫ﺻ َﻔًّﺎ‬

The Angels offer salutations on those who join the first row
in prayer. The best steps loved by Allah are those take to
join the congregational prayer. [13]

Doing righteous actions during the 1st 10 days of Thul Hijjah

 ْ ‫ ﻣَﺎ ﻣِﻦ‬-‫ﺻﻠﻰ اﻟﻠﻪ ﻋﻠﻴﻪ وﺳﻠﻢ‬- ِ‫ﻗ َﺎلَ ر َﺳُﻮلُ اﻟﻠَّﻪ‬
َ َ
ِ‫أ ﻳَّﺎمٍ اﻟْﻌَﻤَﻞ ُ اﻟﺼ َّﺎﻟِﺢُ ﻓ ِﻴﻬ َﺎ أ ﺣ َﺐ ُّ إِﻟَﻰ اﻟﻠَّﻪ‬
َ
ِ‫ﻣِﻦ ْ ﻫَﺬِهِ اﻷ ﻳَّﺎم‬

The best days of year in which rightgoues deeds are beloved

to Allah is the 1st ten days of Thul Hijjah.[14]

Having good thoughts of Allah and in His Qadr

‫اﻟﻤﺆﻣﻦ اﻟﻘﻮي أﺣﺐ اﻟﻰ اﻟﻠﻪ‬

A strong believer is better and is more lovable to Allah

than a weak believer…[15]

Allah the most high knows best

Prepared and arranged by

Abu Aaliyah Abdullah ibn Dwight Battle

Doha,Qatar 1438©

[1] 40 hadeeth about the virtues of Knowledge, by Shakul

islam Umar ibn Rslan Al-Bulqeeni,

[2] Source: Musnad Aḥ

mad 2108

[3] At-Tirmith 2843, dawud 4951

[4] Sahih al-Bukhari 5861

[5] Muslim 262

[6] [ At-Tabarani in Dua 1852]

[7] Muslim 1560

[8] Al Bayhaqi kubara 9;157

[9] Al-Bayhaqi –Shu’bul Iman 7045

[10] Musnad Abu Ya’la:2045

[11] At-Tabarani in Al-Kabir/473

[12] Jami` at-Tirmidhi 3593

[13] Abu Dawud 543

[14] Abu Dawud : 2440

[15] Muslim 2664